Title - Raise The Titanic Author: Cussler, Clive Publisher: Pocket Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A frozen American corpse on a desolate Soviet mountainside, a bizarre mining accident in Colorado, and a madman's dying message lead Dirk Pitt to a secret cache of byzanium. Now he begins his most thrilling mission -- to raise from its watery grave the shipwreck of the century! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4892 7+ 1170 RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 70 Total # of Words 3808 # of Different Words 1441 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2618 68.8% # of Hi freq words 483 33.5% % of Long Sentences 21 Low Freq occurs 538 14.1% # of Low freq words 451 31.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex 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